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A story of heartbreak and the pain of farewell. A young girl's journey... and the pain of love, and what a lover does for love, braving pains of separation, poverty, and agony for the truest love in the world.

Mo Sichen sat in the corner of the auditorium, observing the lively crowd. The masked and extravagantly dressed dancers twirled before him. Unadorned in makeup, he wore a simple white shirt and dark trousers—the attire of a student attending his final campus event.The once solemn auditorium now buzzed with excitement. Streamers adorned the ceiling, transforming the space into a kaleidoscope of colors.The campus band played exuberantly on a small stage, celebrating youth. This was the graduation party for the F University Class of 2010, a masquerade ball dreamed up by imaginative young minds.Despite the air conditioning, Mo Sichen felt restless amidst the crowd's fervor. The spinning figures disoriented him. Just as he stood to leave, a flash of blue caught his eye—a woman in a long aqua gown and a mask."May I have the honor of dancing with you, sir?" Her voice was gentle, her gaze fixed on his face. Her cool blue attire seemed to lower the room's temperature.Her melodious voice intrigued him. What lay behind the mask? Mo Sichen politely extended his arm, embracing her. As they swayed to an unfamiliar waltz, he wondered about her identity.This was an occasion Mo Sichen rarely attended. The music, a mid-tempo waltz, was entirely new to him. He glanced at the couples around them, momentarily losing his footing. Apologetically, he looked down at the woman before him.She tilted her head back, her posture graceful. Against the rhythm he expected, she led the dance, her left hand guiding him through gentle pulls and pauses. Her right hand rested on his shoulder, and she spun beneath his arm, reclaiming their steps.Mo Sichen chuckled softly and leaned in. "What's the name of this tune?"Her eyes sparkled, fixed on his. Her voice barely audible: "Masquerade Ball."Was it his imagination, or did her palm grow warmer? Was she perspiring?Her eyes softened, like water in which he might drown. "I don't recognize you. What's your name?"Before he could respond, she twirled away, leaving him momentarily bewildered. The music seemed to end too soon. As she retreated backstage, Mo Sichen's heart raced.The host's voice interrupted: "Our special guest will now sing a song for this bittersweet, farewell night. Let's listen to the only song of the evening, dedicated to a soon-to-graduate gentleman."The crowd fell silent.From backstage, the woman emerged, her aqua gown trailing behind her. Mo Sichen's gaze followed her, and when she reached the center stage, she glanced boldly in his direction. The music began, and her voice filled the room."I wear a veil adorned with faux diamonds,At this long-awaited masquerade ball.I know this is my sole chance,To face you—familiar yet distant,…and never reveal my beautiful deception.Please don't ask me to unveil the mask,For fear of regret in your eyes.When the music ends, I'll leave you,…forever."Mo Sichen stood there, stunned. Her voice resonated with melancholy and grace. Each word felt like a tearful confession.As the music faded, he remembered someone. His heart stirred, and he stepped forward, pushing through the crowd toward the stage.In the center, the woman held the microphone to her lips. Her gaze remained fixed on him. When others turned to look, the music began."I wear a veil adorned with faux diamonds,At this long-awaited masquerade ball.I know this is my sole chance,To face you—familiar yet distant,…and never reveal my beautiful deception.Please don't ask me to unveil the mask,For fear of regret in your eyes.When the music ends, I'll leave you,…forever."

Mo Sichen sat in the corner of the auditorium, observing the lively crowd. The masked and extravagantly dressed dancers twirled before him. Unadorned in makeup, he wore a simple white shirt and dark trousers—the attire of a student attending his final campus event.The once solemn auditorium now buzzed with excitement. Streamers adorned the ceiling, transforming the space into a kaleidoscope of colors.The campus band played exuberantly on a small stage, celebrating youth. This was the graduation party for the F University Class of 2010, a masquerade ball dreamed up by imaginative young minds.Despite the air conditioning, Mo Sichen felt restless amidst the crowd's fervor. The spinning figures disoriented him. Just as he stood to leave, a flash of blue caught his eye—a woman in a long aqua gown and a mask."May I have the honor of dancing with you, sir?" Her voice was gentle, her gaze fixed on his face. Her cool blue attire seemed to lower the room's temperature.Her melodious voice intrigued him. What lay behind the mask? Mo Sichen politely extended his arm, embracing her. As they swayed to an unfamiliar waltz, he wondered about her identity.This was an occasion Mo Sichen rarely attended. The music, a mid-tempo waltz, was entirely new to him. He glanced at the couples around them, momentarily losing his footing. Apologetically, he looked down at the woman before him.She tilted her head back, her posture graceful. Against the rhythm he expected, she led the dance, her left hand guiding him through gentle pulls and pauses. Her right hand rested on his shoulder, and she spun beneath his arm, reclaiming their steps.Mo Sichen chuckled softly and leaned in. "What's the name of this tune?"Her eyes sparkled, fixed on his. Her voice barely audible: "Masquerade Ball."Was it his imagination, or did her palm grow warmer? Was she perspiring?Her eyes softened, like water in which he might drown. "I don't recognize you. What's your name?"Before he could respond, she twirled away, leaving him momentarily bewildered. The music seemed to end too soon. As she retreated backstage, Mo Sichen's heart raced.The host's voice interrupted: "Our special guest will now sing a song for this bittersweet, farewell night. Let's listen to the only song of the evening, dedicated to a soon-to-graduate gentleman."The crowd fell silent.From backstage, the woman emerged, her aqua gown trailing behind her. Mo Sichen's gaze followed her, and when she reached the center stage, she glanced boldly in his direction. The music began, and her voice filled the room."I wear a veil adorned with faux diamonds,At this long-awaited masquerade ball.I know this is my sole chance,To face you—familiar yet distant,…and never reveal my beautiful deception.Please don't ask me to unveil the mask,For fear of regret in your eyes.When the music ends, I'll leave you,…forever."Mo Sichen stood there, stunned. Her voice resonated with melancholy and grace. Each word felt like a tearful confession.As the music faded, he remembered someone. His heart stirred, and he stepped forward, pushing through the crowd toward the stage.In the center, the woman held the microphone to her lips. Her gaze remained fixed on him. When others turned to look, the music began."I wear a veil adorned with faux diamonds,At this long-awaited masquerade ball.I know this is my sole chance,To face you—familiar yet distant,…and never reveal my beautiful deception.Please don't ask me to unveil the mask,For fear of regret in your eyes.When the music ends, I'll leave you,…forever."

The man on the other end took a deep breath and suddenly spoke cheerfully, "Actually, the old man's suggestion is not bad. For me, this is also a way to get close to the rich. Haha, it's just a pity. Why can't it be you? I'm more familiar with you, right?"Mo Sichen's heart skipped a beat and he was a little annoyed. "Secretary Luo must be so tired that he's talking nonsense. Go to bed early."This weekend, Luo Shen needed a good night's sleep the most. Because after the phone call with the general manager last night, she not only failed to rest early, but was in a trance. She didn't even take a shower and got into bed to think about random things. She didn't fall asleep until the early morning, and she was still dreaming.At dawn, she only got up once to relieve herself and then went back to bed. Until now, the annoying phone rang.She reached out of the quilt to touch the phone, put it to her ear without even looking at it, and said lazily "Hello" and then said: "Good morning."The other end suddenly paused before saying: "Secretary Luo? Haven't you gotten up yet?"It was a man's voice. Luo Shen suddenly sat up reflexively, "Yes, General Manager!"

Mo Sichen sat in the corner of the auditorium, observing the lively crowd. The masked and extravagantly dressed dancers twirled before him. Unadorned in makeup, he wore a simple white shirt and dark trousers—the attire of a student attending his final campus event.The once solemn auditorium now buzzed with excitement. Streamers adorned the ceiling, transforming the space into a kaleidoscope of colors.The campus band played exuberantly on a small stage, celebrating youth. This was the graduation party for the F University Class of 2010, a masquerade ball dreamed up by imaginative young minds.Despite the air conditioning, Mo Sichen felt restless amidst the crowd's fervor. The spinning figures disoriented him. Just as he stood to leave, a flash of blue caught his eye—a woman in a long aqua gown and a mask."May I have the honor of dancing with you, sir?" Her voice was gentle, her gaze fixed on his face. Her cool blue attire seemed to lower the room's temperature.Her melodious voice intrigued him. What lay behind the mask? Mo Sichen politely extended his arm, embracing her. As they swayed to an unfamiliar waltz, he wondered about her identity.This was an occasion Mo Sichen rarely attended. The music, a mid-tempo waltz, was entirely new to him. He glanced at the couples around them, momentarily losing his footing. Apologetically, he looked down at the woman before him.She tilted her head back, her posture graceful. Against the rhythm he expected, she led the dance, her left hand guiding him through gentle pulls and pauses. Her right hand rested on his shoulder, and she spun beneath his arm, reclaiming their steps.Mo Sichen chuckled softly and leaned in. "What's the name of this tune?"Her eyes sparkled, fixed on his. Her voice barely audible: "Masquerade Ball."Was it his imagination, or did her palm grow warmer? Was she perspiring?Her eyes softened, like water in which he might drown. "I don't recognize you. What's your name?"Before he could respond, she twirled away, leaving him momentarily bewildered. The music seemed to end too soon. As she retreated backstage, Mo Sichen's heart raced.The host's voice interrupted: "Our special guest will now sing a song for this bittersweet, farewell night. Let's listen to the only song of the evening, dedicated to a soon-to-graduate gentleman."The crowd fell silent.From backstage, the woman emerged, her aqua gown trailing behind her. Mo Sichen's gaze followed her, and when she reached the center stage, she glanced boldly in his direction. The music began, and her voice filled the room."I wear a veil adorned with faux diamonds,At this long-awaited masquerade ball.I know this is my sole chance,To face you—familiar yet distant,…and never reveal my beautiful deception.Please don't ask me to unveil the mask,For fear of regret in your eyes.When the music ends, I'll leave you,…forever."Mo Sichen stood there, stunned. Her voice resonated with melancholy and grace. Each word felt like a tearful confession.As the music faded, he remembered someone. His heart stirred, and he stepped forward, pushing through the crowd toward the stage.In the center, the woman held the microphone to her lips. Her gaze remained fixed on him. When others turned to look, the music began."I wear a veil adorned with faux diamonds,At this long-awaited masquerade ball.I know this is my sole chance,To face you—familiar yet distant,…and never reveal my beautiful deception.Please don't ask me to unveil the mask,For fear of regret in your eyes.When the music ends, I'll leave you,…forever."

Farewell, My Rogue – A Captivating Regency Romance Filled with Scandal, Adventure, and an Irresistible Love Story! A scandalous abduction. A forced voyage. A love neither of them expected. Miss Beatrice Sinclair has always been overlooked—a mere wallflower in the glittering ballrooms of London. But when the infamous Earl of Lorne, Matthew Everhart, ruins her honor with a reckless wager, she devises a daring plan: she will see him punished. The perfect scheme? Ensuring he wakes aboard a ship bound for America—trapped with no way back. Only, her plan backfires spectacularly. She ends up aboard the ship with him. Now, miles from England, Beatrice and Matthew must navigate treacherous waters—both at sea and in their hearts. Forced into close quarters, their battle of wits soon turns into a tempest of longing. Matthew, once a careless rogue, discovers a woman who challenges him at every turn, while Beatrice begins to see beyond his arrogance to the man beneath. But when passion flares and secrets unravel, will they risk everything for love? Or will the whispers of scandal tear them apart upon their return to London? Perfect for fans of Sarah MacLean, Julia Quinn, and Lisa Kleypas, Farewell, My Rogue delivers a swoon-worthy tale of revenge, redemption, and a romance that defies all expectations. Tropes: Enemies to Lovers | Forced Proximity | Marriage of Convenience | Redemption Arc | Witty Banter | High Society Drama One ship. Two hearts. And a love neither of them saw coming.

Crazy Rich Asians meets Love & Gelato in this hilarious, quirky novel about a Chinese-American teen who is thrust into the decadent world of Beijing high society when she is sent away to spend the summer in China.Iris Wang is having a bit of a rough start to her summer: Her boyfriend cheated on her, she didn’t get into any colleges, and she has no idea who she is or what she wants to do with her life. She’s always felt torn about being Chinese-American, feeling neither Chinese nor American enough to claim either identity. She’s just a sad pizza combo from Domino’s, as far as she’s concerned.In an attempt to snap her out of her funk, Iris’s parents send her away to visit family in Beijing, with the hopes that Iris would “reconnect with her culture” and “find herself.” Iris resents the condescension, but even she admits that this might be a good opportunity to hit the reset button on the apocalyptic disaster that has become her life.With this trip, Iris expects to eat a few dumplings, meet some family, and visit a tourist hotspot or two. Instead, she gets swept up in the ridiculous, opulent world of Beijing’s wealthy elite, leading her to unexpected and extraordinary discoveries about her family, her future, and herself.

An “irresistibly readable” (David Michaelis, New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor) collection of love letters by American presidents to their wives—and lovers—revealing an intimate and deeply personal side of our leaders.Our presidents loom so large in history that we often forget they are human. Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making? is a collection of handwritten love letters that offers a surprising and intimate portrait of the men who occupied the White House. From George Washington to Barack Obama, these are not the presidents we see in history books. “In this varied (and variously entertaining) assortment of excerpted letters…a careful reader will see in the decorous prose of…George Washington and Thomas Jefferson that the hearts of real men beat beneath their stiff frock coats, too.” (The Wall Street Journal)Some of the letters are incredibly romantic—and surprisingly so.It took Richard Nixon years to convince Pat Ryan to marry him: “Someday let me see you again? In September? Maybe?”Others will make you blush.Staid-looking Woodrow Wilson, about to return home from a trip, warned his wife of ten years: “Do you think you can stand the unnumerable kisses and the passionate embraces you will receive? Are you prepared for the storm of lovemaking with which you will be assailed?” In letters to one of his mistresses, Warren G. Harding referred to his penis as “Jerry”—letters which would later be used to blackmail him.All the letters show the writer at his most vulnerable. We see letters of sorrow written about the death of a child or during a time of separation while the president was away on the battlefield. This “lovely book, stuffed with romantic details…[is] a helpful reminder that historical figures are also human beings: petty, sappy, and flawed” (The New York Times Book Review), revealing a never-before-seen side of the men we still honor today.

“Will leave readers swooning.” —PopSugar​When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud about their competing, neighboring restaurants.If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents’ pho restaurant, and even there, he is his parents’ fifth favorite employee. Not ideal.If Linh Mai had to describe herself, she’d say she was a firecracker. Stable when unlit, but full of potential for joy and fire. She loves art and dreams pursuing a career in it. The only problem? Her parents rely on her in ways they’re not willing to admit, including working practically full-time at her family’s pho restaurant.For years, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring pho restaurants. Bao and Linh, who’ve avoided each other for most of their lives, both suspect that the feud stems from feelings much deeper than friendly competition.But then a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao in the same vicinity despite their best efforts and sparks fly, leading them both to wonder what took so long for them to connect. But then, of course, they immediately remember.Can Linh and Bao find love in the midst of feuding families and complicated histories?

Contents The Arrow and the Song by Henry W. Longfellow The Babie by Jeremiah Eames Rankin Let Dogs Delight to Bark and Bite by Isaac Watts Little Things by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer He Prayeth Best by Samuel T. Coleridge Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Anonymous Pippa by Robert Browning The Days of the Month by An Old Song True Royalty by Rudyard Kipling Playing Robinson Crusoe by Rudyard Kipling My Shadow by Robert Louis Stevenson Little White Lily by George Macdonald How the Leaves Came Down by Susan Coolidge Willie Winkie by William Miller The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear Wynken, Blynken, and Nod by Eugene Field The Duel by Eugene Field The Boy Who Never Told A Lie by Anonymous Love Between Brothers and Sisters by Isaac Watts The Bluebell of Scotland by Anonymous If I Had But Two Little Wings by Samuel T. Coleridge A Farewell by Charles Kingsley Casabianca by Felicia Hemans The Captain's Daughter by James T. Fields The Village Blacksmith by Henry W. Longfellow Sweet and Low by Alfred Tennyson The Violet by Jane Taylor The Rainbow (A Fragment) by William Wordsworth A Visit From St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore The Star-spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key Father William by Lewis Carroll The Nightingale and the Glow-worm by William Cowper Part Ii The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould The Owl by Alfred Tennyson Little Billee by William Makepeace Thackeray The Butterfly and the Bee by William Lisle Bowles An Incident of the French Camp by Robert Browning Robert of Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant Old Grimes by Albert Gorton Greene Song of Life by Charles Mackay Fairy Song by John Keats A Boy's Song by James Hogg Buttercups and Daisies by Mary Howitt The Rainbow by Thomas Campbell Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman Ingratitude by William Shakespeare The Ivy Green by Charles Dickens The Noble Nature by Ben Jonson The Flying Squirrel by Mary E. Burt Warren's Address by John Pierpont The Song in Camp by Bayard Taylor The Bugle Song by Alfred Tennyson The Three Bells of Glasgow by John G. Whittier Sheridan's Ride by Thomas Buchanan Read The Sandpiper by Celia Thaxter Lady Clare by Alfred Tennyson The Lord of Burleigh by Alfred Tennyson Hiawatha's Childhood by Henry W. Longfellow I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud by William Wordsworth John Barleycorn by Robert Burns A Life on the Ocean Wave by Epes Sargent The Death of the Old Year by Alfred Tennyson Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt Farm-yard Song by J.t. Trowbridge To A Mouse by Robert Burns To A Mountain Daisy by Robert Burns Barbara Frietchie by John G. Whittier Part Iii Lochinvar by Sir Walter Scott Lord Ullin's Daughter by Thomas Campbell The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson The Tournament by Sidney Lanier The Wind and the Moon by George Macdonald Jesus The Carpenter by Catherine C. Liddell Letty's Globe by Charles Tennyson Turner A Dream by William Blake Heaven Is Not Reached at A Single Bound by J. G. Holland The Battle of Blenheim by Robert Southey Fidelity by William Wordsworth The Chambered Nautilus by Oliver Wendell Holmes Crossing the Bar by Alfred Tennyson The Overland-mail by Rudyard Kipling Gathering Song of Donald Dhu by Sir Walter Scott Marco Bozzaris by Fitz-greene Halleck The Death of Napoleon by Isaac Mcclellan How Sleep the Brave by William Collins The Flag Goes By Henry Holcomb Bennett Hohenlinden by Thomas Campbell My Old Kentucky Home by Stephen Collins Foster Old Folks at Home by Stephen Collins Foster The Wreck of the Hesperus by Henry W. Longfellow Bannockburn by Robert Burns Part Iv The Inchcape Rock by Robert Southey The Finding of the Lyre by James Russell Lowell A Chrysalis by Mary Emily Bradley For A' That by Robert Burns The New Arrival by George W. Cable The Brook by Alfred Tennyson The Ballad of the Clampherdown by Rudyard Kipling The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron I Remember, I Remember by Thomas Hood Driving Home the Cows by Kate Putnam Osgood Krinken by Eugene Field Stevenson's Birthday by Katherine Miller A Modest Wit by Selleck Osborne The Legend of Bishop Hatt by Robert Southey Columbus by Joaquin Miller The Shepherd of King Admetus by James Russell Lowell How They Brought the Good News From Ghent to Aix byRobert Browning The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna by C. Wolfe The Eve of Waterloo by Lord Byron Ivry by Thomas B. Macaulay The Glove and the Lions by Leigh Hunt The Well of St. Keyne by Robert Southey The Nautilus and the Ammonite by Anonymous The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk by William Cowper The Homes of England by Felicia Hemans Horatius at the Bridge by Thomas B. Macaulay The Planting of the Apple-tree by William Cullen Bryant Part V June by James Russell Lowell A Psalm of Life by Henry W. Longfellow Barnacles by Sidney Lanier A Happy Life by Sir Henry Wotton Home, Sweet Home by John Howard Payne From Casa Guidi Windows by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Woodman, Spare That Tree! by George Pope Morris Abide With Me by Henry Francis Lyte Lead, Kindly Light by John Henry Newman The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore Annie Laurie by William Douglas The Ship of State by Henry W. Longfellow America by Samuel Francis Smith The Landing of the Pilgrims by Felicia Hemans The Lotos-eaters by Alfred Tennyson Moly by Edith M. Thomas Cupid Drowned by Leigh Hunt Cupid Stung by Thomas Moore Cupid and My Campasbe by John Lyly A Ballad For A Boy by Anonymous The Skeleton In Armour by Henry W. Longfellow The Revenge by Alfred Tennyson Sir Galahad by Alfred Tennyson A Name In the Sand by Hannah Flagg Gould Part Vi The Voice of Spring by Felicia Hemans The Forsaken Merman by Matthew Arnold The Banks O' Doon by Robert Burns The Light of Other Days by Thomas Moore My Own Shall Come to Me by John Burroughs Ode to A Skylark by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Sands of Dee by Charles Kingsley A Wish by Samuel Rogers Lucy by William Wordsworth Solitude by Alexander Pope John Anderson by Robert Burns The God of Music by Edith M. Thomas A Musical Instrument by Elizabeth Barrett Browning The Brides of Enderby by Jean Ingelow The Lye by Sir Walter Raleigh L'envoi by Rudyard Kipling Contentment by Edward Dyer The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls by Thomas Moore The Old Oaken Bucket by Samuel Woodworth The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Arnold Von Winkleried by James Montgomery Life, I Know Not What Thou Art by A. L. Barbauld Mercy by William Shakespeare Polonius' Advice by William Shakespeare A Fragment From "Julius Cæsar" by William Shakespeare The Skylark by Thomas Hogg The Choir Invisible byGeorge Eliot The World Is Too Much With Us by William Wordsworth On His Blindness by John Milton She Was A Phantom of Delight by William Wordsworth Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray Rabbi Ben Ezra by Robert Browning Prospice by Robert Browning Recessional by Rudyard Kipling Ozymandias of Egypt by Percy Bysshe Shelley Mortality by William Knox On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer by John Keats Hervé Riel by Robert Browning The Problem by Ralph Waldo Emerson To America by Alfred Austin The English Flag by Rudyard Kipling The Man With the Hoe by Edwin Markham Song of Myself by Walt Whitman